The fight against agribusiness crime and the regeneration of agricultural land confiscated from organised crime groups in Italy
The article examines organised crime in agriculture and in the agri-food chain and the Italian approach to combating the so-called “agromafie”, whose activities cause devastating environmental and social harms. Among the best practices for countering this phenomenon, the specific focus here is on th...
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Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography
2023-03-01
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| description | The article examines organised crime in agriculture and in the agri-food chain and the Italian approach to combating the so-called “agromafie”, whose activities cause devastating environmental and social harms. Among the best practices for countering this phenomenon, the specific focus here is on the economic and social regeneration of agricultural land confiscated from organised crime syndicates. To date, over 13,000 agricultural land assets have been confiscated throughout Italy: an impressive number that generates considerable management challenges. Nevertheless, when these rural spaces are freed from the yoke of criminal organizations and taken in hand by civil society, they are literally “reborn” and trigger cascades of virtuous and sustainable benefits for the environment, the local economy, and local communities, as illustrated by the case of the Libera Terra agricultural cooperatives. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8139f4cc6e2f468182d808ea3e2f7dab2025-08-20T02:27:25ZengSociété Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of GeographyBelgeo1377-23682294-91352023-03-01410.4000/belgeo.58516The fight against agribusiness crime and the regeneration of agricultural land confiscated from organised crime groups in ItalyGiuseppe MutiThe article examines organised crime in agriculture and in the agri-food chain and the Italian approach to combating the so-called “agromafie”, whose activities cause devastating environmental and social harms. Among the best practices for countering this phenomenon, the specific focus here is on the economic and social regeneration of agricultural land confiscated from organised crime syndicates. To date, over 13,000 agricultural land assets have been confiscated throughout Italy: an impressive number that generates considerable management challenges. Nevertheless, when these rural spaces are freed from the yoke of criminal organizations and taken in hand by civil society, they are literally “reborn” and trigger cascades of virtuous and sustainable benefits for the environment, the local economy, and local communities, as illustrated by the case of the Libera Terra agricultural cooperatives.https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/58516Italyagribusinesssustainabilityorganised crimeconfiscated assetscivil society |
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| title | The fight against agribusiness crime and the regeneration of agricultural land confiscated from organised crime groups in Italy |
| title_full | The fight against agribusiness crime and the regeneration of agricultural land confiscated from organised crime groups in Italy |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The fight against agribusiness crime and the regeneration of agricultural land confiscated from organised crime groups in Italy |
| title_short | The fight against agribusiness crime and the regeneration of agricultural land confiscated from organised crime groups in Italy |
| title_sort | fight against agribusiness crime and the regeneration of agricultural land confiscated from organised crime groups in italy |
| topic | Italy agribusiness sustainability organised crime confiscated assets civil society |
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